Metropolitan Police review 63 sex cases after arrest of detective

Metropolitan Police are reviewing 63 sexual offences cases after an officer was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

The detective constable from Sapphire command, the Met’s specialist rape and sexual assault unit, was suspended on May 18th following allegations of inaccuracies in crime reports.

Scotland Yard has been forced to re-examine 63 sex cases (PA)

Officers from the force’s directorate of professional standards arrested him on Friday morning following ‘recent significant developments’, a spokesman said.

The investigation into claims of falsified entries on the crime report system is now being handled by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

The detective at the centre of the accusations was part of the Sapphire team for the Camden and Islington areas of north London, and cases he worked on are now being looked at again.

Officers are in the process of reviewing 26 live and 37 closed cases.

A Met spokesman said: ‘As the investigations are reviewed, if there are any issues identified that may alter the course of the investigation the victims are being contacted – so far we have contacted two victims about their investigations.’